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Electoral wardE05014704
Ripley & Marehay ward, Amber Valley
Ripley & Marehay is one of 18 electoral wards of Amber Valley Borough Council, in Derbyshire (East Midlands). At the 2021 Census it had 5,535 residents in 2,468 households — 2,288 people per km², the 14th largest of the council's wards by population. It lies in the Amber Valley constituency; for county elections it is in the Ripley East and Ripley West & Crich divisions.
Residents, 20215,535council ward average 7,012
Households2,4682.24 residents per household
Density2,288/ km²about 2.42 km² · Amber Valley 475
Aged 65+25.5%Amber Valley: 22.6% · under 16: 17.7%
Census 2021
Age of residents
0–44.6% · 255
5–96.0% · 335
10–157.0% · 389
16–193.6% · 200
20–244.5% · 249
25–3410.2% · 564
35–4916.4% · 911
50–6422.1% · 1,224
65–7414.4% · 798
75–848.3% · 461
85+2.8% · 154
Car or van availability
Share of households.
No car or van19.2% · 474
1 car or van42.3% · 1,043
2 cars or vans28.8% · 711
3 or more9.7% · 240
Census 2021
Housing tenure
Share of households; Amber Valley overall: 72.0% owned, 12.7% social rented, 14.6% private rented.
Owned outright43.3% · 1,073
With mortgage27.9% · 692
Shared ownership0.4% · 9
Social rented17.1% · 423
Private rented11.1% · 276
Lives rent free0.1% · 3
Type of home
Detached house32.1% · 792
Semi-detached house45.8% · 1,131
Terraced house16.7% · 413
Purpose-built flat4.3% · 107
Converted house0.3% · 7
Other conversion0.1% · 3
Above shop / office0.6% · 15
Electoral geography
Ward facts
- Ward code (GSS)
E05014704- Council
- Amber Valley Borough Council
- County council
- Derbyshire County Council
- County division
- Ripley East, Ripley West & Crich
- Constituency
- Amber Valley
- Region
- East Midlands
- Density rank in council
- 4 of 18
Parishes in the ward
Ripley
Council offices in this ward
Other wards in the same constituency
AAlfreton19.9% aged 65+ · 59.3% owned8,795CCodnor, Langley Mill & Aldercar18.9% aged 65+ · 61.8% owned9,255CCrich & South Wingfield29.9% aged 65+ · 77.2% owned4,967HHeage & Ambergate26.7% aged 65+ · 83.4% owned4,817HHeanor East19.0% aged 65+ · 73.6% owned7,199HHeanor West & Loscoe20.2% aged 65+ · 66.5% owned9,940IIronville & Riddings21.3% aged 65+ · 63.0% owned6,151KKilburn, Denby, Holbrook & Horsley23.4% aged 65+ · 77.4% owned7,882RRipley22.4% aged 65+ · 70.6% owned10,682SSmalley, Shipley & Horsley Woodhouse25.0% aged 65+ · 79.9% owned6,473SSomercotes16.0% aged 65+ · 57.5% owned6,205SSwanwick28.3% aged 65+ · 84.3% owned5,077
Census 2021: Office for National Statistics via Nomis (TS001, TS006, TS007B, TS041, TS044, TS045, TS054) · ward lookups: ONS Open Geography Portal · Open Government Licence v3.0This ward was drawn after the 2021 Census: figures are built up from the 4 census areas (LSOAs) that ONS best-fits to it, so they are close estimates.